plumnovel Chapter 16 So that's all? Do you think I'd dare get close to you?
Chapter 16 So that's all? Do you think I'd dare get close to you?
Seeing Luo Chen's miserable appearance, Chen Ye's heart sank. In the end, he was still a step too late.
Luo Chen must have been hiding in his room, but he was found by those rogue cultivators and suffered a terrible fate.
"Brother Chen... Brother Chen."
Seeing Chen Ye enter the room, Luo Chen smiled sadly and said intermittently.
"They forced me to kill the members of the Gong family, but the main family has treated me with immense kindness. How could I repay such kindness with enmity..."
This was the situation Chen Ye was most worried about. There weren't many crew members who actually wanted to rebel against the Gong family; most of them were coerced or even forced into it.
Once the evil thoughts in one's heart are released onto this boundless swamp, they can never be taken back.
"It's not your fault, they're the ones who are wrong."
Chen Ye sighed and offered silent words of comfort.
"But...but I don't want to die. I haven't married a woman from the Gong family yet. I've only just embarked on the path to immortality...I..."
Luo Chen paused, the light in his eyes fading away, leaving only a lingering sense of resentment.
"If there is an afterlife, I wish to be reborn as a mortal without spiritual roots."
Chen Ye shook his head and was about to reach out and close Luo Chen's eyes when a strong sense of crisis suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart, and a sharp sound of air being torn apart came to his ears.
Without a second thought, Chen Ye suddenly dodged to the side, simultaneously manipulating the Water-Splitting Spear to stab fiercely behind him!
"clang!"
A piercing metallic clang rang out, and the Water-Splitting Thorn was sent flying by a tremendous force. Fortunately, it bore Chen Ye's divine imprint, and after spinning around once, it returned to Chen Ye's hand.
The weapon that collided with the Water-Splitting Spear was a sharp, cyan-colored short spear, also a magical artifact that could be controlled by the soul, but its grade was much higher than Chen Ye's Water-Splitting Spear.
The single blow left a deep dent on the water-splitting dagger!
The sneak attack missed, and the cyan short gun flew back to the user's hand in an arc.
Chen Ye looked over, his expression slightly hardening.
"Duan Heng... no, it should be Zhou Heng!"
From the few rogue crew members he had just killed, Chen Ye had learned the ins and outs of the rebellion. Zhou Heng was the mastermind behind this crew rebellion!
"However, with only the cultivation level of the early stage of Spirit Condensation, you can still control the artifact with your divine sense so easily. Your divine soul power is indeed not weak."
At this moment, Zhou Heng also stared coldly at Chen Ye, but when he noticed the blood-red broadsword at Chen Ye's waist, he frowned and cursed those rogue cultivators in his heart.
What a bunch of useless trash!
Holding a mid-grade magic weapon and possessing a cultivation level higher than Chen Ye, how could he still be killed in a counterattack?!
However, this also proves that this person's strength is indeed different from that of ordinary early-stage Spirit Gathering cultivators. Coupled with Chen Ye's extremely accurate prediction, Zhou Heng felt a sense of apprehension.
After a moment's thought, Zhou Heng suddenly said to Chen Ye.
"Chen Ye, is it? Since you're not a member of the Gong family, why bother risking your life for them? With your talent, I think you'd be better off joining my Zhou family, what do you say?"
"Join the Zhou family?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Ye raised an eyebrow slightly. He hadn't expected that Zhou Heng's sneak attack had failed, and instead, he was trying to win him over.
Let's see what he says first!
"good!"
Seeing that Chen Ye did not immediately refuse, Zhou Heng slowly took a step forward and said at the same time.
"The resources the Gong family has, my Zhou family has too, and we'll have even more! As long as you're willing to join, I can guarantee you no less than three hundred spirit stones worth of cultivation resources every year, based on my status as a direct descendant of the Zhou family!"
Three hundred spirit stones!
hiss~~
Chen Ye took a light breath. To be honest, for a cultivator in the early stage of Spirit Gathering, this was definitely not a small amount, and it was indeed more generous than the Gong family.
"But..." Chen Ye paused, seemingly tempted but held back by something, looking troubled.
"To be honest, Brother Zhou, I cultivate the Tidal Spirit Guiding Technique of the Gong family. As you know, the Gong family operates in a certain way. I don't have any follow-up cultivation methods. Even if I am fortunate enough to join a noble family, I can't just abandon my cultivation and start over, can I?"
We've fallen for their trap!
Zhou Heng was overjoyed, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and he took another step forward, secretly channeling his spiritual power into the Azure Pattern Spear in his hand.
"What's so difficult about that?" he replied dismissively.
"The Tide-Guiding Spirit Technique isn't a unique skill of the Gong family. My Zhou family also possesses a copy. If you want it, I can make the decision to give you the rest of the technique..."
"Brother Zhou, are you perhaps lying to me?"
"I'm lying to you, die!"
Zhou Heng shouted, his strength surging, and the Azure Pattern Spear, which was already filled with spiritual power, suddenly burst out with a large cloud of mist, obscuring the view and stabbing towards Chen Ye like lightning!
He did not possess a divine soul as powerful as Chen Ye's; his choice to control the weapon with his divine sense was merely an attempt to launch a sneak attack on Chen Ye when he was off guard.
Furthermore, the Azure Pattern Spear is not an ordinary magical weapon; it can only unleash its maximum power when held in hand!
"Dare to let me get close? Then pay with your life!"
Zhou Heng grinned maliciously. Such a vicious shot could easily shatter Chen Ye's head!
However—buzz!
The piercing buzzing sound seemed to cause a tremor in his soul, and Zhou Heng felt as if his head had been squeezed hard by a massive iron gate.
Intense pain erupted from the depths of his consciousness, Zhou Heng's face turned deathly pale, and he couldn't help but let out a scream.
"what!"
Clang!
The Azure Pattern Spear fell to the ground. Since it was no longer under anyone's control, the thick mist emanating from the spear quickly dissipated, leaving it lying there quietly, as if it were just an ordinary magical artifact.
Chen Ye stepped over to Zhou Heng's side and glanced down at him.
At this moment, his mouth was crooked, his eyes were slanted, blood was coming from his ears and nose, and his whole body was convulsing uncontrollably. This was caused by his soul being severely injured and him being unable to control his body for a moment.
"I thought you had some trump card up your sleeve, but this is all you have? You dare to get close to me?"
Chen Ye shook his head, thrusting the water-splitting thorn forward, essentially performing a craniotomy on Zhou Heng—the kind that kills without reviving him.
Then, Chen Ye picked up the Jade Pattern Spear that had fallen to the ground and examined it carefully.
When Zhou Heng launched his attack, there was nothing else particularly noteworthy, except for that strange-looking cyan short spear.
From the thick fog billowing from the gun, Chen Ye vaguely seemed to hear a beast's roar.
"Wait, this isn't an ordinary magical artifact, it's a... Soul Artifact!"
Chen Ye's eyelids twitched violently. He never expected that Zhou Heng, who was only at the fifth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm, would possess such a rare weapon!
However, considering Zhou Heng's status as a direct descendant of the Zhou family, it's not too surprising.
In the cultivation world, cultivators use many kinds of weapons.
Besides the more common magical artifacts, there are also many special weapons, such as soul artifacts, talisman artifacts, ghost artifacts, and so on.
Soul weapons are weapons that contain the demonic soul of a monster. When used, they can be enhanced by the demonic soul, and the power they unleash far exceeds that of magic weapons of the same level!